By OWEN BOSS
Staff Writer
BELCHERTOWN — A mother and son who police say housed troubled teens and operated a marijuana-growing operation out of their Williamsburg home denied charges in court Monday.
Shirley J. Warner, 47, and her son, Colin A. Warner, 18, both of 93 Adams Road, Williamsburg, pleaded innocent Monday in Eastern Hampshire District Court to charges of possessing a class D substance (marijuana) with intent to distribute and receiving stolen property valued above $250.
On March 18, officers from the Williamsburg and Chesterfield police departments executed a search warrant at the Warners’ home, where police reportedly responded on numerous occasions to reports of criminal activity and loud parties involving juveniles and adults, according to court documents.
During the search, police reportedly found in plain view bags of marijuana, assorted smoking paraphernalia and evidence of a recently dismantled marijuana “grow operation,” including a black trash bag containing nine marijuana plants, a red bin marked “cake mix” filled with marijuana stalks, stems and leaves, fluorescent lighting, potting soil, fertilizer, more than 30 planting pots and several large rolls of plastic.
Also reportedly found during the search were eight street signs from the towns of Gill and Bernardston, 15 small orange traffic cones, four large traffic cones and two large orange traffic barrels marked “Town of Hatfield.”
According to police, the Warners have been known to shelter area teenagers and young adults who have been in trouble, and therefore had given every resident, temporary or not, access to the marijuana within.
Judge W. Michael Goggins ordered both Shirley and Colin Warner to appear in court Aug. 20 for a pretrial hearing.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com
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